WCP vs. PSK, SCR, ERF, CPG, POU, BTE, MEG, PEY, ATH, and NVA
Should you be buying Whitecap Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whitecap Resources include PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Enerplus (ERF), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), MEG Energy (MEG), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
PrairieSky Royalty (TSE:PSK) and Whitecap Resources (TSE:WCP) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
63.2% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of Whitecap Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Whitecap Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Whitecap Resources has higher revenue and earnings than PrairieSky Royalty. Whitecap Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PrairieSky Royalty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PrairieSky Royalty currently has a consensus target price of C$27.30, suggesting a potential upside of 6.35%. Whitecap Resources has a consensus target price of C$13.56, suggesting a potential upside of 36.72%. Given PrairieSky Royalty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Whitecap Resources is more favorable than PrairieSky Royalty.
PrairieSky Royalty has a net margin of 47.46% compared to PrairieSky Royalty's net margin of 27.52%. PrairieSky Royalty's return on equity of 16.89% beat Whitecap Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Whitecap Resources had 5 more articles in the media than PrairieSky Royalty. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Whitecap Resources and 5 mentions for PrairieSky Royalty. Whitecap Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat PrairieSky Royalty's score of 1.25 indicating that PrairieSky Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Whitecap Resources received 518 more outperform votes than PrairieSky Royalty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.85% of users gave Whitecap Resources an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave PrairieSky Royalty an outperform vote.
PrairieSky Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Whitecap Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. PrairieSky Royalty pays out 105.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Whitecap Resources pays out 44.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Whitecap Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
PrairieSky Royalty has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitecap Resources has a beta of 2.81, suggesting that its stock price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Whitecap Resources beats PrairieSky Royalty on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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